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| Basic information | Name: En Naffatiyah This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: Tunisia Mass:  87.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 1 Jul 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 98:
En Naffatiyah 33°13.133’N, 10°50.067’E Tunisia Found: 20 Mar 2007 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: A single stone of 87.2 g was found south-east of Medenine near the small village of Neffatia (Naffatiyah) by an anonymous finder, who is Tunisian, and holds the main mass. Petrography: (A. Bischoff, IfP). The hand specimen is very brown resulting from severe weathering in the desert. In thin section, the texture of En Naffatiyah is highly recrystallized and only a few relic chondrules are visible. This indicates a high metamorphic grade as does the homogeneous composition of olivine and pyroxene. Based on the mean olivine and low-Ca pyroxene compositions of Fa25.5 and Fs21, respectively, the rock is classified as an L-group ordinary chondrite. Based on the classification scheme of Stöffler et al. (1991) the rock is moderately shocked (S4) as indicated by mosaicism in olivine and the transformation of some plagioclase into maskelynite. Shock veins go throughout the sample. The weathering effects are inhomogeneous within the sample (W2-3). Classification: En Naffatiyah is an L6, S4, W2-3, ordinary chondrite. Specimens: A mass of 19 g and one thin section are on deposit at IfP. An anonymous collector holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 221: |
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| Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Madaniyin, Tunisia This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
En Naffatiyah 001 (Existing meteorite in new DCA) Neffatia (In MB98) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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